Method for managing the access to a content and the reading of a multimedia content

Abstract

A method for managing the access, by a reader device, to a multimedia content. The method includes, for the same content: acquiring a set of multicast broadcast channels associated with respective broadcast times spaced out over time, requesting rendering of data representative of multicast channels obtained during the acquiring, and receiving a selection of one multicast broadcast channel from amongst the broadcast channels included in the rendering request.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A management method for managing access, by a reader device, to a multimedia content, wherein the method is implemented by a management entity and comprises, for the same multimedia content:
 acquiring a set of multicast broadcast channels associated with respective broadcast times spaced out over time,   requesting rendering of data representative of multicast channels obtained during the acquiring, and   receiving a selection of one multicast broadcast channel from amongst the broadcast channels included in the rendering request,   wherein the data representative of the multicast channels includes thumbnail images.   
     
     
         2 . The management method according to  claim 1 , wherein the data rendered are only aimed at a part of said set of multicast broadcast channels. 
     
     
         3 . The management method according to  claim 1 , wherein the data representative of multicast channels included in the rendering request depend on a desired type of browsing, wherein the browsing corresponds to switching from one multicast broadcast channel to another multicast broadcast channel. 
     
     
         4 . The management method according to  claim 3 , wherein, in response to the browsing being a time skip representative of a rewinding of the multimedia content, only data relating to channels having a time of creation later than a current time are rendered. 
     
     
         5 . The management method according to  claim 3 , wherein, in response to the browsing being a time skip representative of a fast forward of the multimedia content, only the data relating to channels having a time of creation earlier than a current time are rendered. 
     
     
         6 . The management method according to  claim 1 , wherein the data include data relating to a time offset between the multicast broadcast channels with a view to a rendering of the multicast broadcast channels in a given chronological order. 
     
     
         7 . An entity for managing access, by a reader device, to a multimedia content, wherein the entity comprises:
 at least one processor configured to carry out steps including, for the same multimedia content:   acquiring a set of multicast broadcast channels associated with respective broadcast times spaced out over time;   requesting rendering of data representative of multicast channels obtained during the acquiring, and   receiving a selection of one multicast broadcast channel from amongst the multicast broadcast channels included in the rendering request,   wherein the data representative of the multicast channels includes thumbnail images.   
     
     
         8 . At least one non-transitory computer readable medium on which at least one series of program code instructions is stored for implementing a method for managing access, by a reader device, to a multimedia content, when the instructions are executed by at least one processor of a management entity, wherein the method comprises, for the same multimedia content:
 acquiring a set of multicast broadcast channels associated with respective broadcast times spaced out over time,   requesting rendering of data representative of multicast channels obtained during the acquiring, and   receiving a selection of one multicast broadcast channel from amongst the broadcast channels included in the rendering request,   wherein the data representative of the multicast channels includes thumbnail images.